Set up and use the Home app

Turn on lights, adjust the thermostat, or set a scene to control both. With the Home app, you can easily and securely control the products that you use in your home — all from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac.

Add accessories

To add an accessory to the Home app, use your iOS device. You can't add accessories to the Home app on Mac. Before you set up your accessory, check these things first:

Make sure that it's powered on and nearby.

Check your accessory’s manual to see if it needs additional hardware to work with HomeKit.

Then follow these steps:

Open the Home app and tap Add Accessory or .

Use the camera on your iOS device to scan the eight-digit HomeKit code, or QR code on the accessory or accessory documentation. If you have an iPhone 7 or later and see on your accessory, hold your iPhone near the accessory to add it.

Organize rooms into a zone

Tap the Rooms tab, tap in the upper-left corner, then tap Room Settings.

Tap a room, like Living Room.

Tap Zone. Tap a suggested zone or tap Create New.

Tap Done.

On your Mac:

Choose Edit > Edit Room.

Click Rooms, then click a room.

Click Zone, then click a suggested zone or click Create New.

Click Done.

Delete your home or remove accessories

To remove an accessory from the Home app:

On your iOS device: Press and hold an accessory, tap Settings, then scroll to the bottom and tap Remove Accessory.

On your Mac: Double-click an accessory, click Settings, then scroll down and click Remove Accessory.

If you remove your home from the Home app, all of its data, like accessories, scenes, automations, and people you’ve invited to control your home, will be deleted. You’ll also need to reset each of your accessories before you can set them up again. To reset your accessory, look for a button on the accessory, check its manual, or contact the manufacturer.

To delete your Home and all of its data from the Home app:

On your iOS device: Tap in the upper-left corner, then scroll to the bottom and tap Remove Home.

On your Mac: Go to Edit > Edit Home, then scroll to the bottom and click Remove Home.

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